Why Women Rebel - Understanding Women''s Participation in Armed Rebel Groups

This book presents a global analysis of the extent to which women are engaged in armed, organized rebellions, and why they choose to join such rebellions.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2. A Combatant by Any Other Name: Assessing What Women Do in War
Chapter 3. Comparing Mainstream and Feminist Theories on Rebellion
Chapter 4. Where Women Rebel: A Cross-National Analysis of Women’s Participation in Armed Rebel Groups
Chapter 5. Why Women Rebel: An Analysis of Women’s Participation in Rank-and-File Roles
Chapter 6. Where Women Lead: Gender and Leadership in Armed Rebel Groups
Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions

Summary

This book presents a global analysis of the extent to which women are engaged in armed, organized rebellions, and why they choose to join such rebellions.

Product details

• Authors: Alexis Henshaw, Alexis (Bucknell University Henshaw
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138209855
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20985-5
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Global Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Revolutionary groups & movements, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Revolutionary groups and movements